{"id":196592,"date":"2005-04-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=196592"},"modified":"2019-03-12T17:14:31","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:14:31","slug":"auto-insert-196592","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-196592\/","title":{"rendered":"USG briefs SecCo\/Syrian withdrawal verification team in Lebanon before month-end &#8211; Noon Briefing &#8211; Spokesman&#8217;s Office (excerpts)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"5px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:14pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SPOKESMAN&#39;S NOON BRIEFING <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;padding-top:11px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>BY STEPHANE DUJARRIC <br \/>\nASSOCIATE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;padding-top:11px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>UN HEADQUARTERS,&#160; NEW YORK <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;padding-top:11px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Thursday , 21 April, 2005 <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;padding-top:11px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>ISRAELI DISENGAGEMENT FROM GAZA &amp; NORTHERN WEST BANK WILL BE A LANDMARK <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<li style=\"text-align:left;padding-top:11px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">The Security Council today held an <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/News\/Press\/docs\/2005\/sc8365.doc.htm\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-top:11px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><u>open meeting <\/u><\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">on the Middle East, at which Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Kieran Prendergast, said that the revived peace process there is still fragile and that &#8220;doubts and suspicions&#8221; still need to be dispelled about both Israeli intentions and Palestinian resolve and capabilities. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:11px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Prendergast said Israel&#39;s planned disengagement from Gaza and the northern West Bank will be a landmark in Israeli-Palestinian relations, and urged both sides to ensure that it happens in a coordinated way, and that it does not become a dead end, but contributes to the momentum for peace. <\/li>\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:11px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Prendergast also touched on the situation in Lebanon, noting that the work of the International Independent Investigation Commission into the assassination of Rafik Hariri is expected to begin &#8220;very shortly.&#8221; After the meeting, the Council proceeded to hold consultations on the same topic. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:11px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;padding-top:11px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>SYRIAN WITHDRAWAL VERIFICATION TEAM TO ARRIVE IN LEBANON BEFORE END OF MONTH <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<li style=\"text-align:left;padding-top:11px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Asked when the team being sent to verify the implementation of <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/Docs\/journal\/asp\/ws.asp?m=S\/RES\/1559%20(2004)\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-top:11px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><u>resolution 1559 <\/u><\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">is scheduled to arrive in Lebanon, the Spokesman said that the team is expected to travel to Lebanon by the end of the month at the latest. He added that it was small, technical team, well versed in verification matters. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:11px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Asked if Syrian President Bashar Assad will meet with the Secretary-General in Jakarta, the Spokesman said it was his understanding that President Assad would not be going to Jakarta. <\/li>\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:11px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Asked if the commission tasked with investigating the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariar has already been formed, the Spokesman said it had not, but an announcement would be made once it has. <\/li>\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:11px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Asked about the contents of the Secretary-General&#39;s report on resolution 1559, the Spokesman said that the report may include the official confirmation from Syria and Lebanon that Syria has withdrawal, but the findings of the verification team will not be included and that these will not available until later. <\/li>\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:11px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">He noted that the Secretary-General&#39;s upcoming report will be sent to the Security Council no later than 26 April. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:9pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Office of the Spokesman for the Secretary-General <br \/>\nUnited Nations, S-378 <br \/>\nNew York, NY 10017 <br \/>\nTel. 212-963-7162 &#8211; press\/media only <br \/>\nFax. 212-963-7055 <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;padding-top:9px;font-size:9pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>All other inquiries to be addressed to (212) 963-4475 or by e-mail to: inquiries@un.org <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SPOKESMAN&#39;S NOON BRIEFING BY STEPHANE DUJARRIC ASSOCIATE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL UN HEADQUARTERS,&#160; NEW YORK Thursday , 21 April, 2005 &#8230; ISRAELI DISENGAGEMENT FROM GAZA &amp; NORTHERN WEST BANK WILL BE A LANDMARK The Security Council today held an open meeting on the Middle East, at which Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Kieran <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-196592\/\"> [&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"country":[],"document-category":[2573],"document-source":[5352,1981,2165],"committee-meeting":[],"document-subject":[1813,1749,1797,1965],"entity":[1729],"document-language":[6542],"class_list":["post-196592","document","type-document","status-publish","hentry","document-category-highlights-of-the-noon-briefing","document-source-secretary-general","document-source-special-envoy-secco-resolution-1559-2004","document-source-united-nations-news-service","document-subject-middle-east-situation","document-subject-palestine-question","document-subject-peace-process","document-subject-situation-in-lebanon","entity-united-nations-system","document-language-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/196592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/document"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/196592\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=196592"},{"taxonomy":"document-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-category?post=196592"},{"taxonomy":"document-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-source?post=196592"},{"taxonomy":"committee-meeting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee-meeting?post=196592"},{"taxonomy":"document-subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-subject?post=196592"},{"taxonomy":"entity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/entity?post=196592"},{"taxonomy":"document-language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-language?post=196592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}